You must defend your copyright otherwise violations will continue. No exceptions. In fact this is a good test of the GPL license. But it must be enforced by software authors.
I remember the first time I met him. HIs latest book had just come out and I had spied it. I didn't even notice he was there, but I just exclaimed right there, "oh man, this book is out, I love this book!" Out of no where, I heard a voice that said, "Thank you". And there he was larger than life. I talked to him for a couple of minutes, talking about his book and ipv6. He was so pleasant. He even autographed my book! I'll never forget the man, and now his 2nd edition Network programming book will be one of the most precious books in my collection.
Good bye Richard, I hope you are at peace. The world will grieve your loss and the contributions you might have made.
So under your very own supposition, the Amiga with QNX would not be an Amiga either because it was not coded from the ground up.
As for cutting corners. We've been waiting 5 long years for a new Amiga. If they had to do it from the ground up, they would have been out of date by the time they released it. And you would be posting here instead that it isn't meaty enough for you and that it won't fit in todays market.
A single company cannot compete with the graphics industry, and Microsoft. The best thing to do was to leverage the market and get a product out as fast as possible and garner as much mindshare as possible.
QNX would have gotten us a good computer, but it would not have gotten us the mindshare that Linux would provide. There is no point in putting out a superior computer and the only people who buy it is half the Amiga market. (there will still be people in the amiga community who will say it isn't "Amiga enough" for them. Linux is the best choice because it's the only market right now thats expanding at a furious rate.
Also you should be happy that the windowing system is something you can completely modify to your hearts content. Besides, by making it open source, people will be modifying the Amiga's GUI on the Amiga rather than an enlightenment theme that would pop up after the first screenshot that comes out.
In order for the Amiga to come back, you have to increase the community. If you don't, there will be no profits. Without any profits, you can't fund R&D for the next computer. Simple enough fory ou? Some dreams has to have sacrifices. The world and computers have changed from the late 80s.
Thanks for your statements. I wonder why you bother however. Most people here are pretty hard headed and will believe what they want to believe.
I think, E has gone through some outstanding changes. The one thing I would like to see is good documentation. You've gotten E to be very configurable, but you really need to give decent documention take advantage of it. Otherwise, people spend large amounts of time trying to understand and configure E.
I don't believe it's a microkernel but a message passing OS. Processes are able to talk directly to other processes without having to go through a kernel. This is primarily through a shared memory model. Part of the reason why exec was so fast in those days.
I have it on good information, that it isnt any of that. Amiga Inc., is in very deadly serious talks with BLAZEMONGER SuperCorp. This hidden, underground company secretly controls most countries. Their new chip is rumored to be a real killer with cybernetic implants to convert digital signals directl into brainwaves!
Heeeere we are.. Born to be kings! We're the princes of the uuuuniverrrse" Here we belong, fighting to survive in the world with the darkest powers..."
Heeeere we are.. Born to be kings! We're the princes of the uuuuniverrrse" Here we belong, fighting to survive in the world with the darkest powers..."
I don't believe that this is bad. I think in this particular instance it is a good thing. For instance, witness that AT&T has bought TCI the cable company that serves Oregon, California, and Washington. AT&T has made a deal with Microsoft (a mistake) and you can well imagine what kind of OS they will be supporting for @HOME cable. In this case, AT&T and Microsoft can pretty much control the access to the Internet. If you want high bandwidth you will have to go through them.
Coupled with the fact that DSL rollout by GTE has hit a snag. The newer neighborhoods in Oregon are all on multiplexed lines. DSL doesn't work yet with these multiplexed line so if you want high bandwidth you'll have to go with cable modems. Like I said, at this point AT&T and Microsoft call the shots. Thankfully, Multinomah County got a clue and moved to make sure that everyone will have fair access to the ISP of their choice.
I wouldn't cry for these phone or cable companies as it is they make substantial profit from all of us. If you remember, these utilities have been unregulated for awhile, but teh prices seems to have gone up. Sure they provide more channels these days, but really they are probably getting some profit from giving out those new channels.
All in all, I think this is a big win for the people.
One should also know that the AmigaOS was written on a VAX. (I'm not sure if it was Unix or VMS that was running on it) So a lot of the OS ideas came from Unix/VMS. Which contributed to some of the great ideas. It's still the only home computer that can mount a unix partition.:-) Or can mount filesystems created by other people, Windows NT can't even do that today!
Great, so now our own thoughts won't be secure! I wonder if I have to password protect my brain in case. OH! Probably won't happen because the U.S. Govt would want to find a way to get into my brain so that they can find out if I'm a terrorist or not.
Unfortunately, every domination has a problem with the other. Recall that the Puritans left England because they wouldn't follow the Church of England (and the resulting persecution) but rather practice the Catholic faith (I believe it was Catholic)
The same goes for every other kind religion where there is a split because of a difference in opinion.
Dude, you have no idea what your talking about. Putting anybody in the same group as Stalin and Lenin is just insane. Stalin was the asshole who butchered anybody who stood in his way. He killed thousands of his own people. The guy was bad news.
How you are putting OSS people and communists is just unrealistic. OSS is just basically about sharing code and having a free exchange of ideas. It has nothing to do with political dogma.
Yes, he's still around (as far as I know) but he's not doing the writing or the drawing, I think it's his son or a bunch of people. These people are not funny.
In his day, Schulz was a very good at political satire in the same vein that Waterson was good with Calvin and Hobbes. I remember there used to be a Charlie Brown encyclopedia whenI was like 8 years old, the political wit was quite good (looking back, not when I was 8 years old.;)
Peanuts stopped being funny when he stopped writing/drawing it.
Seems very clear to me. Have you not been following whats happening in Russia? Excess of arms creates a surplus. That surplus has to be gotten rid of. It might get sold to terrorists whatever. You can't have that kind of material loose. If everyone started stocking up, especially in a no-win scenario, you'll get excess. Thats what he's trying to say.
Out of curiosity, why must you end every response with some kind of flame? Attack the issue not the person. Or is this some sort of trick you use in law school when it comes debating?
You didn't understand his comment. If you eliminate the rich and middle class, you are left with the peasants. It will take some time to rebuild (if you can after a nuclear attack) to come back the same technology level as other nations. In either case, a nuclear war within that region is a no-win situation. You can't win with nuclear weapons. Ever. There can be no excuse for murdering an entire planet.
Whats so bad about it? Most of the indian nationals that come to the U.S. are going to stay in the U.S. India gains no advantage of sending it's citizens to the States if none of them come back. If they were to come back and use their experience then thats something.
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You must defend your copyright otherwise violations will continue. No exceptions. In fact this is a good test of the GPL license. But it must be enforced by software authors.
sri
I remember the first time I met him. HIs latest book had just come out and I had spied it. I didn't even notice he was there, but I just exclaimed right there, "oh man, this book is out, I love this book!" Out of no where, I heard a voice that said, "Thank you". And there he was larger than life. I talked to him for a couple of minutes, talking about his book and ipv6. He was so pleasant. He even autographed my book! I'll never forget the man, and now his 2nd edition Network programming book will be one of the most precious books in my collection.
Good bye Richard, I hope you are at peace. The world will grieve your loss and the contributions you might have made.
sri
So under your very own supposition, the Amiga with QNX would not be an Amiga either because it was not coded from the ground up.
As for cutting corners. We've been waiting 5 long years for a new Amiga. If they had to do it from the ground up, they would have been out of date by the time they released it. And you would be posting here instead that it isn't meaty enough for you and that it won't fit in todays market.
A single company cannot compete with the graphics industry, and Microsoft. The best thing to do was to leverage the market and get a product out as fast as possible and garner as much mindshare as possible.
QNX would have gotten us a good computer, but it would not have gotten us the mindshare that Linux would provide. There is no point in putting out a superior computer and the only people who buy it is half the Amiga market. (there will still be people in the amiga community who will say it isn't "Amiga enough" for them. Linux is the best choice because it's the only market right now thats expanding at a furious rate.
Also you should be happy that the windowing system is something you can completely modify to your hearts content. Besides, by making it open source, people will be modifying the Amiga's GUI on the Amiga rather than an enlightenment theme that would pop up after the first screenshot that comes out.
In order for the Amiga to come back, you have to increase the community. If you don't, there will be no profits. Without any profits, you can't fund R&D for the next computer. Simple enough fory ou? Some dreams has to have sacrifices. The world and computers have changed from the late 80s.
sri
Geoff,
Thanks for your statements. I wonder why you bother however. Most people here are pretty hard headed and will believe what they want to believe.
I think, E has gone through some outstanding changes. The one thing I would like to see is good documentation. You've gotten E to be very configurable, but you really need to give decent documention take advantage of it. Otherwise, people spend large amounts of time trying to understand and configure E.
My two cents.
sri
I don't believe it's a microkernel but a message passing OS. Processes are able to talk directly to other processes without having to go through a kernel. This is primarily through a shared memory model. Part of the reason why exec was so fast in those days.
sri
I have it on good information, that it isnt
any of that. Amiga Inc., is in very deadly serious talks with BLAZEMONGER SuperCorp. This hidden, underground company secretly controls most countries. Their new chip is rumored to be a real killer with cybernetic implants to convert digital signals directl into brainwaves!
Amiga, the drug for the future!
sri
:-)
[ start queen music]
Heeeere we are.. Born to be kings! We're the princes of the uuuuniverrrse" Here we belong,
fighting to survive in the world with the darkest
powers..."
[ end queen music ]
:-)
Heeeere we are.. Born to be kings! We're the princes of the uuuuniverrrse" Here we belong,
fighting to survive in the world with the darkest
powers..."
:-)
I don't believe that this is bad. I think in this particular instance it is a good thing. For instance, witness that AT&T has bought TCI the cable company that serves Oregon, California, and Washington. AT&T has made a deal with Microsoft (a mistake) and you can well imagine what kind of OS they will be supporting for @HOME cable. In this case, AT&T and Microsoft can pretty much control the access to the Internet. If you want high bandwidth you will have to go through them.
Coupled with the fact that DSL rollout by GTE has hit a snag. The newer neighborhoods in Oregon are all on multiplexed lines. DSL doesn't work yet with these multiplexed line so if you want high bandwidth you'll have to go with cable modems. Like I said, at this point AT&T and Microsoft call the shots. Thankfully, Multinomah County got a clue and moved to make sure that everyone will have fair access to the ISP of their choice.
I wouldn't cry for these phone or cable companies as it is they make substantial profit from all of us. If you remember, these utilities have been unregulated for awhile, but teh prices seems to have gone up. Sure they provide more channels these days, but really they are probably getting some profit from giving out those new channels.
All in all, I think this is a big win for the people.
sri
One should also know that the AmigaOS was written on a VAX. (I'm not sure if it was Unix or VMS that was running on it) So a lot of the OS ideas came from Unix/VMS. Which contributed to some of the great ideas. It's still the only home computer that can mount a unix partition. :-) Or can mount filesystems created by other people, Windows NT can't even do that today!
sri
As a CS Purdue Grad it's nice to see that it was my alma mater that got the distinction. Incidentally, I'm also a native of West Lafayette.
sri
Great, so now our own thoughts won't be secure! I wonder if I have to password protect my brain in case. OH! Probably won't happen because the U.S. Govt would want to find a way to get into my brain so that they can find out if I'm a terrorist or not.
Shit. Lets just not GO there.
sri
Unfortunately, every domination has a problem with the other. Recall that the Puritans left England because they wouldn't follow the Church of England (and the resulting persecution) but rather practice the Catholic faith (I believe it was Catholic)
The same goes for every other kind religion where there is a split because of a difference in opinion.
sri
Dude, you have no idea what your talking about.
Putting anybody in the same group as Stalin and Lenin is just insane. Stalin was the asshole who butchered anybody who stood in his way. He killed thousands of his own people. The guy was bad news.
How you are putting OSS people and communists is just unrealistic. OSS is just basically about sharing code and having a free exchange of ideas. It has nothing to do with political dogma.
sri
Yes, he's still around (as far as I know) but
;)
he's not doing the writing or the drawing, I
think it's his son or a bunch of people. These people are not funny.
In his day, Schulz was a very good at political satire in the same vein that Waterson was good with Calvin and Hobbes. I remember there used to be a Charlie Brown encyclopedia whenI was like 8 years old, the political wit was quite good (looking back, not when I was 8 years old.
Peanuts stopped being funny when he stopped writing/drawing it.
sri
Seems very clear to me. Have you not been following whats happening in Russia? Excess of arms creates a surplus. That surplus has to be gotten rid of. It might get sold to terrorists whatever. You can't have that kind of material loose. If everyone started stocking up, especially in a no-win scenario, you'll get excess. Thats what he's trying to say.
Out of curiosity, why must you end every response with some kind of flame? Attack the issue not the person. Or is this some sort of trick you use in law school when it comes debating?
sri
You didn't understand his comment. If you eliminate the rich and middle class, you are left with the peasants. It will take some time to rebuild (if you can after a nuclear attack) to come back the same technology level as other nations. In either case, a nuclear war within that region is a no-win situation. You can't win with nuclear weapons. Ever. There can be no excuse for murdering an entire planet.
sri
Whats so bad about it? Most of the indian nationals that come to the U.S. are going to stay in the U.S. India gains no advantage of sending it's citizens to the States if none of them come back. If they were to come back and use their experience then thats something.
sri